A Delhi court has ordered the registration of a criminal case against Rahul Balhara, a 2023-batch trainee Indian Police Service (IPS) officer, for allegedly assaulting a man with a glass bottle during an event in Kapashera in December 2024. Balhara is currently posted in Tripura.
In an order dated May 3, Judicial Magistrate First Class Nidhish Kumar Meena of the Dwarka court directed the Station House Officer of Kapashera police station to file an FIR against Balhara and three others—Ashwini Balhara, Vivek Chaudhary, and Kallu. The court instructed that the FIR be registered and a compliance report submitted within two days, which was done on Monday.
The complaint was filed by Vikas Dhayal, a civil services exam coach from Rajendra Nagar, who alleged that Balhara and his associates assaulted him during a ceremony on December 6, 2024. According to the complaint, a verbal dispute between one of Dhayal’s friends and Balhara escalated, leading to Balhara allegedly striking Dhayal on the head with a glass bottle.
Dhayal sustained multiple head injuries and was treated at a hospital in Gurugram. In his application, he claimed that police initially refused to register an FIR due to Balhara’s IPS rank and only filed a non-cognisable report after Dhayal shared CCTV footage of the incident online. He was represented by advocate Anshul Kumar.
The court observed, “At this stage, I am of the considered view that prima facie cognisable offences have been committed by the alleged accused persons… The injury has been caused on the vital part of the body, i.e., the head, and the interest of justice demands that a thorough investigation be conducted.”
